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The Danish royal family is the dynastic family of the monarch of Denmark.^[1] While some members of the Danish royal family hold the title of Prince(ss) of Denmark, descendants of Margrethe II additionally bear the title Count(ess) of Monpezat. Children of the monarch are accorded the style of His/Her Royal Highness. The King and Queen are styled Majesty.

Margrethe II, her siblings and her descendants belong to the House of Glücksburg, which is a branch of the royal House of Oldenburg. Margrethe II's children and male-line descendants also belong agnatically to the Laborde de Monpezat family, and were given the concurrent title Count/Countess of Monpezat by royal decree on 30 April 2008.^[2]

The Danish royal family receives remarkably high approval ratings in Denmark, ranging between 82% and 92%.^[3]^[4][2023]

Main members

The Danish royal family includes:

King Frederik X and Queen Mary (the King and his wife)
- Crown Prince Christian (the King's son)
- Princess Isabella (the King's daughter)
- Prince Vincent (the King's son)
- Princess Josephine (the King's daughter)
Queen Margrethe (the King's mother)
- Prince Joachim and Princess Marie (the King's brother and sister-in-law)
  - Count Nikolai (the King's nephew)
  - Count Felix (the King's nephew)
  - Count Henrik (the King's nephew)
  - Countess Athena (the King's niece)
Princess Benedikte (the King's aunt)
Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes (the King's aunt)

Family tree of members

The Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

King Constantine II of the Hellenes

Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes

Greek royal family*

The King

The Queen

Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
(div. 2005)

Note

* Extended members include the Greek royal family

Members of the extended royal family

Royal family of Greece

Most of the members of the deposed royal family of Greece hold the title of Prince or Princess of Greece and Denmark with the qualification of His or Her Highness, pursuant to the Royal Cabinet Order of 1774 and as agnatic descendants of George I of Greece, who, as the son of the future King Christian IX of Denmark, was (and remained) a "Prince of Denmark" prior to his accession to the throne of Greece in 1863. Until 1953, his dynastic male-line descendants remained in Denmark's order succession. However, no Danish act has revoked usage of the princely title for these descendants, neither for those living in 1953, nor for those born subsequently or who have since married into the dynasty.

There are three members of the Greek royal family who are not known to bear the title of Prince/ss of Denmark with the qualification of His/Her Highness.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The following, consorts of royal monarchs today, were born with the titles of Prince/Princess of Greece and Denmark, although they are not descended from King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie:

Queen Sofía of Spain (King Constantine's sister and Queen Anne-Marie's sister-in-law)

Royal family of Norway

The royal family of Norway descends in the legitimate male line from Frederick VIII of Denmark, Queen Margrethe II's great-grandfather. Haakon VII of Norway, who was born Prince Carl of Denmark as Frederik VIII's younger son, was, like his uncle, George I of Greece, invited to reign over another nation. As with the Greek branch's descendants, members of the Norwegian line no longer have succession rights to the Danish crown, but unlike the Greek dynasties, they discontinued use of Danish royal titles upon ascending to the Norwegian throne in 1905.

Counts and countesses of Monpezat

On 30 April 2008, the Queen of Denmark granted to her two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, and their legitimate patrilineal descendants of both sexes the hereditary title "Count of Monpezat". The title is based on the French title "Comte de Laborde de Monpezat" which was used by their father Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark.

On 29 September 2022, it was announced that from 1 January 2023, the titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark, and style of Highness of the 4 children of Queen Margrethe II's younger son, Prince Joachim, would be discontinued. They will instead be titled "His/Her Excellency Count/Countess Nikolai/Felix/Henrik/Athena of Monpezat".^[8] All four grandchildren maintain their places in the order of succession to the throne.

Counts and countesses of Rosenborg

Danish princes who marry without the consent of the Danish monarch lose their succession rights, as do their descendants.^[9] They are then usually accorded the hereditary title "Count of Rosenborg". They are entitled to the style "His/Her Excellency". They and their legitimate male-line descendants are:^[10]

Christian IX of Denmark (1818–1906)
- Frederick VIII of Denmark (1843–1912)
  - Christian X of Denmark (1870–1947)
    - Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900–1976)
      - Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
      - Count Christian of Rosenborg (1942–2013)
        Countess Josephine of Rosenborg
        
        Countess Camilla of Rosenborg
        
        Countess Feodora of Rosenborg
  - Prince Harald of Denmark (1876–1949)
    - Count Oluf of Rosenborg (1923–1990)
      - Count Ulrik of Rosenborg
        Count Philip of Rosenborg
        
        Countess Katharina of Rosenborg
      - Countess Charlotte of Rosenborg
- Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858–1939)
  - Prince Axel of Denmark (1888–1964)
    - Count Flemming of Rosenborg (1922–2002)
      - Count Axel of Rosenborg
        Countess Julie of Rosenborg
        
        Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg
        Countess Dagmar of Rosenborg
        
        Count Valdemar of Rosenborg
        
        Countess Désirée of Rosenborg
        
        Count Alexander of Rosenborg
    - Count Birger of Rosenborg
      - Countess Benedikte of Rosenborg
    - Count Carl Johan of Rosenborg
      - Countess Caroline of Rosenborg
      - Countess Josefine of Rosenborg
    - Countess Désirée of Rosenborg
  - Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (1890–1950)
    - Count Christian of Rosenborg (1932–1997)
      - Count Valdemar of Rosenborg
        Count Nikolai of Rosenborg
        
        Countess Marie of Rosenborg
      - Countess Marina of Rosenborg

Counts and countesses of Samsøe

The Danneskiold-Samsøe family are the descendants of the eldest son of Christian V and his mistress Sofie Amalie Moth, whom the king elevated to be the first Lensgrevinde til Samsø ("Countess of Samsø"). A descendant, Countess Frederikke Louise af Danneskiold-Samsøe (1699-1744) married her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts of Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-line descendants are ranked as the second-highest nobles in Denmark,^[11] second only to the Counts of Rosenborg, whom also descend from the Danish Kings. With a place in the 1st Class No. 13, they are entitled to the style "His/Her Excellency".^[12]

Line of succession

The first law governing the succession to the Danish throne as a hereditary monarchy was Kongeloven (Lex Regia), enacted on 14 November 1665, and published in 1709.^[13]^[14] It declared that the crown of Denmark descends by heredity to the legitimate descendants of King Frederick III, and that the order of succession follows semi-Salic primogeniture,^[13] according to which the crown is inherited by an heir, with preference among the monarch's children to men over women; among siblings to the elder over the younger; and among Frederick III's remoter descendants by substitution, senior branches over junior branches. Female descendants were eligible to inherit the throne in the event there were no eligible surviving male dynasts born in the male line.

As for the duchies, Holstein and Lauenburg where the King ruled as duke, these lands adhered to Salic law (meaning that only men could inherit the ducal throne), and by mutual agreement, were permanently conjoined. The duchies of Schleswig (a Danish fief), Holstein and Lauenburg (German fiefs) were joined in personal union with the Kingdom of Denmark.

This difference caused problems when Frederick VII of Denmark didn't produce any children, making a change in dynasty imminent, and causing the lines of succession for the duchies on one hand and for Denmark on the other to diverge. To ensure that future Kings of Denmark would continue also being Dukes of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg, the line of succession to the duchies was modified in the London Protocol of 1852, which designated Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, as the new heir apparent, although he was, strictly, the heir neither to the Kingdom of Denmark nor to the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, or Lauenburg by primogeniture. Originally, the Danish prime minister Christian Albrecht Bluhme wanted to keep the separate hereditary principles, but in the end, the government decided on a uniform agnatic primogeniture, which was accepted by the Parliament. Even after the loss of the duchies in the Second Schleswig War of 1864, the style of the Danish monarchs included references to the duchies until the style was shortened in 1972 on the accession of Margrethe II.

Problems emerged again when Frederik IX became king in 1947. He had only daughters, and it seemed unlikely that he would have a son, leaving his brother Knud as heir presumptive. As part of the 1953 constitutional referendum, a new Act of Succession introduced male-preference primogeniture, allowing women with no brothers to inherit. In 2009, the succession law was amended after the Act of Succession referendum, this time to introduce absolute primogeniture. This had no immediate effect on the line of succession, and the first person affected by the 2009 amendment was Prince Vincent, who on his birth in 2011 would have otherwise been ahead of his older sister Princess Isabella in the succession. As of 2024^[update] the line of succession is:

Privileges and restrictions

Following the transformation of Denmark's monarchy from elective (at least theoretically, although it had generally descended to the eldest son of the House of Oldenburg since 1448) to hereditary in 1660, the so-called Kongelov (Latin: Lex Regia) of 1665 established the reign "by the grace of God" of King Frederick III and his posterity.^[13] Of the articles of this law, all except Article 21 and Article 25 have been repealed by amendments to the Constitution in 1849, 1853, 1953, and 2009.

Article 21 states "No Prince of the Blood, who resides here in the Realm and in Our territory, shall marry, or leave the Country, or take service under foreign Masters, unless he receives Permission from the King".^[13] Under this provision, princes of Denmark who permanently reside in other realms by express permission of the Danish Crown (i.e. members of the dynasties of Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom) do not thereby forfeit their royalty in Denmark, nor are they bound to obtain prior permission to travel abroad or to marry from its sovereign, although since 1953 those not descended in male-line from King Christian X are no longer in the line of succession to the Danish throne.^[13] However, those who do reside in Denmark or its territories require the monarch's prior permission to travel abroad and to marry.^[13]

Article 25 stipulates, with respect to blood members of the Royal dynasty: "They should answer to no Magistrate Judges, but their first and last Judge shall be the King, or to whomsoever He decrees."^[13] The wording excludes those whose blood cannot be traced to a Danish monarch (e.g., the present Queen).

Notes

¹Princess Benedikte's children have no succession rights. This is because the marriage consent given to her had very specific provisions; if Benedikte ever became the heir presumptive, she and her husband would have to take permanent residence in Denmark and her children would have succession rights only if they had applied for naturalization upon reaching adulthood, and taken up residence in Denmark: (a) at the time of becoming the immediate heir to the throne, and (b) no later than when they reached the age of mandatory schooling under Danish law. Since the children continued to be educated in Germany well past the mandatory schooling age, they are deemed to no longer have succession rights.^[15]

²Queen Anne-Marie has no succession rights, and her descendants have none through her, because the permission granted for her marriage stipulated that she renounced her claim to the Danish throne upon becoming queen consort of the Hellenes.

References

^ "The Danish Monarchy - the Royal House". Kongehuset.dk. Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
^ "House of Monpezat". Kongehuset.dk (Press release) (in Danish). Danish Monarchy. 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011.
^ Danish-Style Royal Fairy Tale - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
^ "Once upon a time". The Age. Melbourne. 10 May 2004.
^ Willis, Daniel (1999). The Descendants of Louis XIII. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co. pp. 94, 762. ISBN 0-8063-4942-5. The daughters of Prince and Princess Michael [of Greece and Denmark] are titled Princess of Greece without the style of Royal Highness
^ Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. and B. Magdelaine (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique Tome VII Oldenbourg (in French). France: Giraud. pp. 329, 357. ISBN 2-901138-07-1.
^ Willis, Daniel (2002). The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co. p. 419. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1.
^ Agence France-Presse (29 September 2022). "Denmark's Queen Margrethe strips four grandchildren of royal titles". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2 February 1999). "Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession". Hoelseth's Royal Corner. Dag Trygsland Hoelseth. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Søgeresultat: - Skeel-Holbek, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell
^ "Rangfølgen". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ "Danneskiold | lex.dk". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gråsten Palace
^ "Kongeloven". Statsministeriet. 4 September 1709. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
^ Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2 February 1999). "Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession". Hoelseth's Royal Corner. Dag Trygsland Hoelseth. Retrieved 5 November 2009.

External links

Kongehuset.dk Official site of the Danish Monarchy.
Counts and Countesses of Rosenborg

[1] "The Danish Monarchy - the Royal House". Kongehuset.dk. Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

[2] "House of Monpezat". Kongehuset.dk (Press release) (in Danish). Danish Monarchy. 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011.

[3] Danish-Style Royal Fairy Tale - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency

[4] "Once upon a time". The Age. Melbourne. 10 May 2004.

[5] Willis, Daniel (1999). The Descendants of Louis XIII. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co. pp. 94, 762. ISBN 0-8063-4942-5. The daughters of Prince and Princess Michael [of Greece and Denmark] are titled Princess of Greece without the style of Royal Highness

[Huberty_1994_329,_357-6] Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. and B. Magdelaine (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique Tome VII Oldenbourg (in French). France: Giraud. pp. 329, 357. ISBN 2-901138-07-1.

[7] Willis, Daniel (2002). The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Co. p. 419. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1.

[8] Agence France-Presse (29 September 2022). "Denmark's Queen Margrethe strips four grandchildren of royal titles". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[peter-9] Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2 February 1999). "Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession". Hoelseth's Royal Corner. Dag Trygsland Hoelseth. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[10] Søgeresultat: - Skeel-Holbek, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell

[11] "Rangfølgen". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[12] "Danneskiold | lex.dk". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[ministry-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gråsten Palace

[14] "Kongeloven". Statsministeriet. 4 September 1709. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

[autogenerated1-15] Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter (2 February 1999). "Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession". Hoelseth's Royal Corner. Dag Trygsland Hoelseth. Retrieved 5 November 2009.

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- Frederik X]], [[Prince Christian of Denmark|Crown Prince Christian]], [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Queen Margrethe II]], [[Prince Nikolai of Denmark|Prince Nikolai]], [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark|Prince Consort Henrik]], [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]] and [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella]]]]
+[[File:Monarchy Of Denmark April 2010.jpg|thumb|300px|The royal family of [[Denmark]] during the [[Margrethe II|Queen Margrethe II's]] 70th birthday on 16 April 2010. ''From left to right:'' [[Queen Mary of Denmark]] (then Crown Princess), [[Count Felix of Monpezat|Count Felix]] (then Prince Felix), [[Frederik X]] (then Crown Prince), [[Crown Prince Christian]] (then Prince Christian), [[Queen Margrethe II]], [[Count Nikolai of Monpezat|Count Nikolai]] (then Prince Nikolai), [[Prince Henrik]], [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]] and [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella]]]]
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-The '''Danish royal family''' is the [[Dynasty|dynastic]] family of the [[Monarchy of Denmark|monarch]] of [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam |website=Kongehuset.dk |title=The Danish Monarchy - the Royal House |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214150951/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam |archive-date=2010-02-14 |access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> All members of the Danish royal family except [[King Frederik X]], [[Queen Mary of Denmark|Queen Mary]] and [[Queen Margrethe II]] hold the title of ''Prince(ss) of Denmark''. Descendants of Margrethe II additionally bear the title ''[[Count of Monpezat|Count(ess) of Monpezat]]''. Children of the monarch are accorded the style of ''His/Her Royal Highness''. The King and Queen are styled ''Majesty''.
+The '''Danish royal family''' is the [[dynastic]] family of the [[monarch of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam |website=Kongehuset.dk |title=The Danish Monarchy - the Royal House |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214150951/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam |archive-date=14 February 2010 |access-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> While some members of the Danish royal family hold the title of ''Prince(ss) of Denmark'', descendants of Margrethe II additionally bear the title ''[[Count of Monpezat|Count(ess) of Monpezat]]''. Children of the monarch are accorded the style of ''His/Her Royal Highness''. The King and Queen are styled ''Majesty''.
-The Queen, her siblings and her descendants belong to the [[House of Glücksburg]], which is a branch of the royal [[House of Oldenburg]]. The Queen's children and male-line descendants also belong [[patrilineality|agnatically]] to the [[House of Laborde de Monpezat|Laborde de Monpezat]] family, and were given the concurrent title ''Count/Countess of Monpezat'' by royal decree on April 30, 2008.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=16821 |title=House of Monpezat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603230905/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=16821 |archive-date=2011-06-03 |website=Kongehuset.dk |publisher=Danish Monarchy |date=30 April 2008 |language=da}}</ref>
+Margrethe II, her siblings and her descendants belong to the [[House of Glücksburg]], which is a branch of the royal [[House of Oldenburg]]. Margrethe II's children and male-line descendants also belong [[patrilineality|agnatically]] to the [[House of Laborde de Monpezat|Laborde de Monpezat]] family, and were given the concurrent title ''Count/Countess of Monpezat'' by royal decree on 30 April 2008.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=16821 |title=House of Monpezat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603230905/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?id=16821 |archive-date=3 June 2011 |website=Kongehuset.dk |publisher=Danish Monarchy |date=30 April 2008 |language=da}}</ref>
-The Danish royal family receives remarkably high approval ratings in Denmark, ranging between 82% and 92%.<ref>[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=34674 Danish-Style Royal Fairy Tale - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/09/1084041267050.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Once upon a time | date=2004-05-10}}</ref>
+The Danish royal family receives remarkably high approval ratings in Denmark, ranging between 82% and 92%.<ref>[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=34674 Danish-Style Royal Fairy Tale - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/09/1084041267050.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Once upon a time | date=10 May 2004}}</ref>[2023]
 ==Main members==
 The Danish royal family includes:
-*[[Frederik X|Frederik X]] and [[Queen Mary of Denmark|Queen Mary]] (the King and his wife)
+*[[King Frederik X]] and [[Queen Mary of Denmark|Queen Mary]] (the King and his wife)
-** [[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark| Crown Prince Christian]] (the King's son)
+** [[ Crown Prince Christian]] (the King's son)
 ** [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella]] (the King's daughter)
 ** [[Prince Vincent of Denmark|Prince Vincent]] (the King's son)
 ** [[Princess Josephine of Denmark|Princess Josephine]] (the King's daughter)
-* [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Queen Margrethe]] (the [[Queen mother|King's mother]])
+* [[Queen Margrethe]] (the King's mother)
 ** [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]] and [[Princess Marie of Denmark|Princess Marie]] (the King's brother and sister-in-law)
 *** [[Count Nikolai of Monpezat|Count Nikolai]] (the King's nephew)
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 *** [[Count Henrik of Monpezat|Count Henrik]] (the King's nephew)
 *** [[Countess Athena of Monpezat|Countess Athena]] (the King's niece)
-* [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark|Princess Benedikte]] (the King's aunt)
+* [[Princess Benedikte]] (the King's aunt)
-* [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece]] (the King's aunt)
+* [[Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes]] (the King's aunt)
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+{{tree chart|boxstyle=border: 1.5px solid red;| | |FIX|y|IS| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |FIX= [[King Frederik IX]]|IS= [[Queen Ingrid]]|}}
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-Most of the members of the deposed royal family of Greece hold the title of ''Prince'' or ''Princess of Greece and Denmark'' with the qualification of ''His'' or ''Her Highness'', pursuant to the Royal Cabinet Order of 1774 and as [[patrilineality|agnatic]] descendants of [[George I of Greece]], who, as the son of the future [[King Christian IX of Denmark]], was (and remained) a "Prince of Denmark" prior to his accession to the throne of Greece in 1863. Until 1953, his dynastic male-line descendants remained in Denmark's order succession. However, no Danish act has revoked usage of the princely title for these descendants, neither for those living in 1953, nor for those born subsequently or who have since married into the dynasty.
+Most of the members of the deposed royal family of Greece hold the title of ''Prince'' or ''Princess of Greece and Denmark'' with the qualification of ''His'' or ''Her Highness'', pursuant to the Royal Cabinet Order of 1774 and as [[agnatic]] descendants of [[George I of Greece]], who, as the son of the future [[King Christian IX of Denmark]], was (and remained) a "Prince of Denmark" prior to his accession to the throne of Greece in 1863. Until 1953, his dynastic male-line descendants remained in Denmark's order succession. However, no Danish act has revoked usage of the princely title for these descendants, neither for those living in 1953, nor for those born subsequently or who have since married into the dynasty.
 There are three members of the Greek royal family who are not known to bear the title of ''Prince/ss of Denmark'' with the qualification of ''His/Her Highness.<ref>{{cite book| last = Willis| first = Daniel| title = The Descendants of Louis XIII| year = 1999| publisher = Clearfield Co.| location = Baltimore, MD| isbn = 0-8063-4942-5| pages = 94, 762|quote = The daughters of Prince and Princess Michael [of Greece and Denmark] are titled Princess of Greece without the style of Royal Highness}}</ref><ref name="Huberty 1994 329, 357">{{cite book |last= Huberty |first= Michel |author2=Alain Giraud |author3=F. and B. Magdelaine  |title= L'Allemagne Dynastique Tome VII Oldenbourg |year= 1994 |location= France |language= fr |isbn= 2-901138-07-1 |pages= 329, 357 |publisher= Giraud}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Willis| first = Daniel| title = The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain| year = 2002| publisher = Clearfield Co.| location = Baltimore, MD| isbn = 0-8063-5172-1| pages = 419}}</ref>
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 ===Royal family of Norway===
 {{Main|Norwegian royal family}}
-The [[royal family of Norway]] descends in the legitimate male line from [[Frederik VIII of Denmark]], Queen Margrethe II's great-grandfather. [[Haakon VII of Norway]], who was born Prince Carl of Denmark as Frederik VIII's younger son, was, like his uncle, George I of Greece, invited to [[reign]] over another nation. As with the Greek branch's descendants, members of the Norwegian line no longer have succession rights to the Danish crown, but unlike the Greek dynasties, they discontinued use of Danish royal titles upon ascending to the Norwegian throne in 1905.
+The [[royal family of Norway]] descends in the legitimate male line from [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]], Queen Margrethe II's great-grandfather. [[Haakon VII of Norway]], who was born Prince Carl of Denmark as Frederik VIII's younger son, was, like his uncle, George I of Greece, invited to [[reign]] over another nation. As with the Greek branch's descendants, members of the Norwegian line no longer have succession rights to the Danish crown, but unlike the Greek dynasties, they discontinued use of Danish royal titles upon ascending to the Norwegian throne in 1905.
 ===Counts and countesses of Monpezat===
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 On 30 April 2008, the Queen of Denmark granted to her two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, and their legitimate patrilineal descendants of both sexes the hereditary title "[[Count of Monpezat]]". The title is based on the French title "Comte de Laborde de Monpezat" which was used by their father Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark.
-On 29 September 2022, it was announced that from January 1, 2023, the titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark, and style of ''[[Highness]]'' of the 4 children of [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Queen Margrethe II]]'s younger son, [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]], would be discontinued. They will instead be titled "His/Her Excellency Count/Countess [[Prince Nikolai of Denmark|Nikolai]]/[[Prince Felix of Denmark|Felix]]/[[Prince Henrik of Denmark (born 2009)|Henrik]]/[[Princess Athena of Denmark|Athena]] of Monpezat".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/29/denmarks-queen-margrethe-strips-four-grandchildren-of-royal-titles |title= Denmark's Queen Margrethe strips four grandchildren of royal titles |author= [[Agence France-Presse]] |website = [[The Guardian]] |date=29 September 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> All four grandchildren maintain their places in the order of succession to the throne.
+On 29 September 2022, it was announced that from 1 January 2023, the titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark, and style of ''[[Highness]]'' of the 4 children of [[Queen Margrethe II]]'s younger son, [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]], would be discontinued. They will instead be titled "His/Her Excellency Count/Countess [[Prince Nikolai of Denmark|Nikolai]]/[[Prince Felix of Denmark|Felix]]/[[Prince Henrik of Denmark (born 2009)|Henrik]]/[[Princess Athena of Denmark|Athena]] of Monpezat".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/29/denmarks-queen-margrethe-strips-four-grandchildren-of-royal-titles |title= Denmark's Queen Margrethe strips four grandchildren of royal titles |author= [[Agence France-Presse]] |website = [[The Guardian]] |date=29 September 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> All four grandchildren maintain their places in the order of succession to the throne.
-==={{anchor|count-of-rosenborg}}Counts and countesses of Rosenborg===
+===Counts and countesses of Rosenborg===
-Danish princes who marry without the consent of the Danish monarch lose their succession rights, as do their descendants.<ref name="peter">{{cite web|last=Kurrild-Klitgaard |first=Peter |title=Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession |work=Hoelseth's Royal Corner |publisher=Dag Trygsland Hoelseth |date=1999-02-02 |url=http://geocities.com/dagtho/dk-suc-law.html |access-date=2008-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807131446/http://geocities.com/dagtho/dk-suc-law.html |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=unfit }}</ref> They are then usually accorded the [[hereditary title]] "Count of Rosenborg". They are entitled to the [[Style (form of address)|style]] "[[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]". They and their legitimate male-line descendants are:<ref>[http://finnholbek.dk/genealogy/search.php?mylastname=AF%2BROSENBORG&lnqualify=equals&mybool=AND Søgeresultat: - Skeel-Holbek, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+Danish princes who marry without the consent of the Danish monarch lose their succession rights, as do their descendants.<ref name="peter">{{cite web|last=Kurrild-Klitgaard |first=Peter |title=Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession |work=Hoelseth's Royal Corner |publisher=Dag Trygsland Hoelseth |date=2 February 1999 |url=http://geocities.com/dagtho/dk-suc-law.html |access-date=3 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807131446/http://geocities.com/dagtho/dk-suc-law.html |archive-date=7 August 2009 |url-status=unfit }}</ref> They are then usually accorded the [[hereditary title]] "[[Count of Rosenborg]]". They are entitled to the [[Style (form of address)|style]] "[[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]". They and their legitimate male-line descendants are:<ref>[http://finnholbek.dk/genealogy/search.php?mylastname=AF%2BROSENBORG&lnqualify=equals&mybool=AND Søgeresultat: - Skeel-Holbek, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 {{Tree list}}
 *[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] ''[[Christian IX of Denmark]] (1818–1906)''
-**[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] ''[[Frederik VIII of Denmark]] (1843–1912)''
+**[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] ''[[Frederick VIII of Denmark]] (1843–1912)''
 ***[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] ''[[Christian X of Denmark]] (1870–1947)''
 **** ''[[Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark]] (1900–1976)''
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 === Counts and countesses of Samsøe ===
-The [[Danneskiold-Samsøe]] family are the descendants of the eldest son of [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]] and his mistress [[Sophie Amalie Moth|Sofie Amalie Moth]], whom the king elevated to be the first Lensgrevinde til Samsø ("Countess of Samsø"). A descendant, Countess Frederikke Louise af Danneskiold-Samsøe (1699-1744) married her kinsman [[Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]]. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts of Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-line descendants are ranked as the second-highest nobles in Denmark,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-16|title=Rangfølgen|url=https://www.borger.dk/Emner/samfund-og-rettigheder/fakta-om-danmark/det-danske-kongehus/Sider/rangfoelgen.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132330/https://www.borger.dk/Emner/samfund-og-rettigheder/fakta-om-danmark/det-danske-kongehus/Sider/rangfoelgen.aspx|archive-date=2011-07-16|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref> second only to the [[Counts of Rosenborg]], whom also descend from the [[List of Danish monarchs|Danish Kings]]. With a place in the 1st Class No. 13, they are entitled to the [[Style (form of address)|style]] "[[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danneskiold {{!}} lex.dk|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Danneskiold|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Den Store Danske|language=da}}</ref>
+The [[Danneskiold-Samsøe]] family are the descendants of the eldest son of [[Christian V]] and his mistress [[Sofie Amalie Moth]], whom the king elevated to be the first Lensgrevinde til Samsø ("Countess of Samsø"). A descendant, Countess Frederikke Louise af Danneskiold-Samsøe (1699-1744) married her kinsman [[Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]]. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts of Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-line descendants are ranked as the second-highest nobles in Denmark,<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 July 2011|title=Rangfølgen|url=https://www.borger.dk/Emner/samfund-og-rettigheder/fakta-om-danmark/det-danske-kongehus/Sider/rangfoelgen.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132330/https://www.borger.dk/Emner/samfund-og-rettigheder/fakta-om-danmark/det-danske-kongehus/Sider/rangfoelgen.aspx|archive-date=16 July 2011|access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref> second only to the [[Counts of Rosenborg]], whom also descend from the [[Danish Kings]]. With a place in the 1st Class No. 13, they are entitled to the [[Style (form of address)|style]] "[[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danneskiold {{!}} lex.dk|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Danneskiold|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Den Store Danske|language=da}}</ref>
 ==Line of succession==
 {{Main|Succession to the Danish throne}}
+[[File:Prins Christian til Danmark 2021.JPG|thumb|Then-prince (now crown prince) [[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Christian]] in 2021.]]
-[[File:Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark.jpg|thumb|[[Frederik X]]]]
-The first law governing the succession to the Danish throne as a hereditary monarchy was the ''Kongeloven'' (''Lex Regia''), enacted on November 14, 1665, and published in 1709.<ref name="ministry">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080610034826/http://www.ses.dk/399655f0 Gråsten Palace]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statsministeriet.dk/_p_5483.html |title=''Kongeloven'' |publisher=Statsministeriet |work=Statsministeriet |date=4 September 1709 |access-date=November 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003162858/http://www.statsministeriet.dk/_p_5483.html |archive-date=October 3, 2013 }}</ref> It declared that the crown of Denmark shall descend by heredity to the legitimate descendants of [[Frederick III of Denmark|King Frederick III]], and that the [[order of succession]] shall follow [[agnatic-cognatic primogeniture|semi-Salic primogeniture]],<ref name="ministry"/> according to which the crown is inherited by an heir, with preference among the Monarch's children to males over females; among siblings to the elder over the younger; and among Frederick III's remoter descendants by substitution, senior branches over junior branches. Female descendants were eligible to inherit the throne in the event there were no eligible surviving male dynasts born in the [[patrilineality|male line]]. As for the [[duke|duchies]], [[Holstein]] and [[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]] where the King ruled as duke, these lands adhered to [[Salic law]] (meaning that only males could inherit the ducal throne), and by mutual agreement, were permanently conjoined. The duchies of [[Schleswig]] (a Danish [[fief]]), Holstein and Lauenburg (German fiefs) were joined in [[personal union]] with the Crown of Denmark.
+The first law governing the succession to the Danish throne as a hereditary monarchy was ''Kongeloven'' (''Lex Regia''), enacted on 14 November 1665, and published in 1709.<ref name="ministry">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080610034826/http://www.ses.dk/399655f0 Gråsten Palace]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statsministeriet.dk/_p_5483.html |title=''Kongeloven'' |work=Statsministeriet |date=4 September 1709 |access-date=21 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003162858/http://www.statsministeriet.dk/_p_5483.html |archive-date=3 October 2013 }}</ref> It declared that the crown of Denmark descends by heredity to the legitimate descendants of [[Frederick III of Denmark|King Frederick III]], and that the [[order of succession]] follows [[agnatic-cognatic primogeniture|semi-Salic primogeniture]],<ref name="ministry"/> according to which the crown is inherited by an heir, with preference among the monarch's children to men over women; among siblings to the elder over the younger; and among Frederick III's remoter descendants by substitution, senior branches over junior branches. Female descendants were eligible to inherit the throne in the event there were no eligible surviving male dynasts born in the [[male line]].
+As for the [[duke|duchies]], [[Holstein]] and [[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]] where the King ruled as duke, these lands adhered to [[Salic law]] (meaning that only men could inherit the ducal throne), and by mutual agreement, were permanently conjoined. The duchies of [[Schleswig]] (a Danish [[fief]]), Holstein and Lauenburg (German fiefs) were joined in [[personal union]] with the Kingdom of Denmark.
-This difference caused problems when [[Frederick VII of Denmark]] proved childless, making a change in dynasty imminent, and causing the lines of succession for the duchies on one hand and for Denmark on the other to diverge. That meant that the new King of Denmark would not also be the new Duke of Schleswig or Duke of Holstein. To ensure the continued adhesion of the Elbe duchies to the Danish Crown, the line of succession to the duchies was modified in the [[London Protocol (1852)|London Protocol of 1852]], which designated [[Christian IX of Denmark|Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], as the new [[heir apparent]], although he was, strictly, the heir neither to the Crown of Denmark nor to the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, or Lauenburg by primogeniture. Originally, the Danish prime minister [[Christian Albrecht Bluhme]] wanted to keep the separate hereditary principles, but in the end, the government decided on a uniform [[agnatic primogeniture]], which was accepted by the Parliament.
+This difference caused problems when [[Frederick VII of Denmark]] didn't produce any children, making a change in dynasty imminent, and causing the lines of succession for the duchies on one hand and for Denmark on the other to diverge. To ensure that future Kings of Denmark would continue also being Dukes of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg, the line of succession to the duchies was modified in the [[London Protocol of 1852]], which designated [[Christian IX of Denmark|Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], as the new [[heir apparent]], although he was, strictly, the heir neither to the Kingdom of Denmark nor to the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, or Lauenburg by primogeniture. Originally, the Danish prime minister [[Christian Albrecht Bluhme]] wanted to keep the separate hereditary principles, but in the end, the government decided on a uniform [[agnatic primogeniture]], which was accepted by the Parliament. Even after the loss of the duchies in the [[Second Schleswig War]] of 1864, the [[Monarchy of Denmark#Style|style of the Danish monarchs]] included references to the duchies until the style was shortened in 1972 on the accession of [[Margrethe II]].
-This order of succession remained in effect for a hundred years, then the Salic law was changed to [[male-preference primogeniture]] in 1953, meaning that females with no brothers could inherit. In 2009, the mode of inheritance of the throne was once again changed, this time into [[Cognatic#Absolute cognatic primogeniture|absolute primogeniture]]. This imposed no immediate change on the line of succession as it was then, as Prince Vincent had not yet been born. {{As of|2024}} the line of succession was:
-# [[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Christian]]
+Problems emerged again when [[Frederik IX]] became king in 1947. He had only daughters, and it seemed unlikely that he would have a son, leaving his brother [[Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark|Knud]] as [[heir presumptive]]. As part of the [[1953 Danish constitutional and electoral age referendum|1953 constitutional referendum]], a new [[Act of Succession (Denmark)|Act of Succession]] introduced [[male-preference primogeniture]], allowing women with no brothers to inherit. In 2009, the succession law was amended after the [[2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum|Act of Succession referendum]], this time to introduce [[Cognatic#Absolute cognatic primogeniture|absolute primogeniture]]. This had no immediate effect on the line of succession, and the first person affected by the 2009 amendment was [[Prince Vincent of Denmark|Prince Vincent]], who on his birth in 2011 would have otherwise been ahead of his older sister [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella]] in the succession. {{As of|2024}} the line of succession is:
+# [[Crown Prince Christian]]
 # [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella]]
 # [[Prince Vincent of Denmark|Prince Vincent]]
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 # [[Count Henrik of Monpezat|Count Henrik]]
 # [[Countess Athena of Monpezat|Countess Athena]]
-# [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark|Princess Benedikte]]
+# [[Princess Benedikte]]
 ==Privileges and restrictions==
-Following the transformation of Denmark's monarchy from elective (at least theoretically, although it had generally descended to the eldest son of the House of Oldenburg since 1448) to hereditary in 1660, the so-called ''Kongelov'' (''Lex Regia'' in Latin) of 1665 established the reign "by the grace of God" of King Frederick III and his posterity.<ref name="ministry"/> Of the articles of this law, all except Article 21 and Article 25 have been repealed by amendments to the Constitution in 1849, 1853, 1953, and 2009.
+Following the transformation of Denmark's monarchy from [[Elective monarchy|elective]] (at least theoretically, although it had generally descended to the eldest son of the [[House of Oldenburg]] since 1448) to hereditary in 1660, the so-called ''[[King's Law|Kongelov]]'' ({{Langx|la|Lex Regia}}) of 1665 established the reign "[[by the grace of God]]" of [[Frederick III of Denmark|King Frederick III]] and his posterity.<ref name="ministry"/> Of the articles of this law, all except Article 21 and Article 25 have been repealed by amendments to the Constitution in 1849, 1853, 1953, and 2009.
-Article 21 states "No Prince of the Blood, who resides here in the Realm and in Our territory, shall marry, or leave the Country, or take service under foreign Masters, unless he receives Permission from the King".<ref name="ministry"/> Under this provision, princes of Denmark who permanently reside in other realms by express permission of the Danish Crown (i.e. members of the dynasties of Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom) do not thereby forfeit their royalty in Denmark, nor are they bound to obtain prior permission to travel abroad or to marry from its sovereign, although since 1953 those not descended in male-line from King Christian X are no longer in the line of succession to the Danish throne.<ref name="ministry"/> However, those who do reside in Denmark or its territories require the monarch's prior permission to travel abroad and to marry.<ref name="ministry"/>
+Article 21 states "No [[Prince of the Blood]], who resides here in the Realm and in Our territory, shall marry, or leave the Country, or take service under foreign Masters, unless he receives Permission from the King".<ref name="ministry"/> Under this provision, princes of Denmark who permanently reside in other realms by express permission of the Danish Crown (i.e. members of the dynasties of Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom) do not thereby forfeit their royalty in Denmark, nor are they bound to obtain prior permission to travel abroad or to marry from its sovereign, although since 1953 those not descended in male-line from [[King Christian X]] are no longer in the line of succession to the Danish throne.<ref name="ministry"/> However, those who do reside in Denmark or its territories require the monarch's prior permission to travel abroad and to marry.<ref name="ministry"/>
-Article 25 stipulates, with respect to blood members of the Royal dynasty: "They should answer to no Magistrate Judges, but their first and last Judge shall be the King, or to whomsoever He decrees."<ref name="ministry"/> The wording excludes those whose blood cannot be traced to a Danish monarch (e.g., the present Queen).
+Article 25 stipulates, with respect to blood members of the Royal dynasty: "They should answer to no [[Magistrate]] Judges, but their first and last Judge shall be the King, or to whomsoever He decrees."<ref name="ministry"/> The wording excludes those whose blood cannot be traced to a Danish monarch (e.g., the present Queen).
 ==Notes==
-<sup>1</sup>Princess Benedikte's children have no succession rights. This is because the marriage consent given to her had very specific provisions; if Benedikte ever became the heir presumptive, she and her husband would have to take permanent residence in Denmark and her children would have succession rights only if they had applied for naturalization upon reaching adulthood, and taken up residence in Denmark: (a) at the time of becoming the immediate heir to the throne, and (b) no later than when they reached the age of mandatory schooling under Danish law. Since the children continued to be educated in Germany well past the mandatory schooling age, they are deemed to no longer have succession rights.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web| last = Kurrild-Klitgaard| first = Peter| title = Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession| work = Hoelseth's Royal Corner| publisher = Dag Trygsland Hoelseth| date = 1999-02-02| url = http://www.hoelseth.com/royalty/denmark/dk-suc-law.html| access-date = 2009-11-05}}</ref>
+<sup>1</sup>Princess Benedikte's children have no succession rights. This is because the marriage consent given to her had very specific provisions; if Benedikte ever became the heir presumptive, she and her husband would have to take permanent residence in Denmark and her children would have succession rights only if they had applied for naturalization upon reaching adulthood, and taken up residence in Denmark: (a) at the time of becoming the immediate heir to the throne, and (b) no later than when they reached the age of mandatory schooling under Danish law. Since the children continued to be educated in Germany well past the mandatory schooling age, they are deemed to no longer have succession rights.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web| last = Kurrild-Klitgaard| first = Peter| title = Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession| work = Hoelseth's Royal Corner| publisher = Dag Trygsland Hoelseth| date = 2 February 1999| url = http://www.hoelseth.com/royalty/denmark/dk-suc-law.html| access-date = 5 November 2009}}</ref>
 <sup>2</sup>Queen Anne-Marie has no succession rights, and her descendants have none through her, because the permission granted for her marriage stipulated that she renounced her claim to the Danish throne upon becoming [[queen consort of the Hellenes]].
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 ==External links==
-{{commons|Danish Royal Family}}
+{{commonscat|Danish Royal Family}}
 * [https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/ Kongehuset.dk] Official site of the Danish Monarchy.
 * [http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/konger/7_Glyksborg/Rosenborg.htm Counts and Countesses of Rosenborg]
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